Apple Has Removed Skype From App Store in China to Comply With Local Law

[votdfak]

Chinese ppl should fight not Apple.

 

[TwoBytes]

Non-political comment; Skype turned into a complete UI car crash of having to play a whole game of taps on random squiggles just to dial a number. No loss in not having it available

 

[gaximus]

You can also issue your concerns on something on a more public basis without breaking (local) law or stopping business. Of course, does Apple have to do it? No. Should they strongen their efforts? Maybe yes.



I think this is a good point. Even though local law has to be respected, Apple almost always is one of the front runners in ethical or cultural discussions for the better, which is definitely a good thing. But what people remark is that Apple is not really keen on fighting for the freedom of speech in China even though being heavily dependent on the Chinese market and industry.

Its a bit of a catch 22, You need free speech to fight free speech, without going to war that is. Countries with free speech had to go to war for it. Apple isn't going to go war with China.

 

[sir1963nz]

Sound legal basis??

What are you smoking? The Chinese Communist Party is a criminal enterprise with no legitimacy whatsoever. Apple and other companies should just ignore those requests

You somehow think the US can dictate to the world. You are wrong.
China is a far more important trading nation than the USA for lots of countries. Chinas influence in Asia (60% of the worlds population vs the 4% of the USA) is also much greater than the USA.
Likewise in the USA foreign companies are expected to obey US laws, and, this may come as a shock to you, US companies are expected to obey the laws of the other countries they operate in because US law ends at the US boarder.

 

[pratikindia]

Apple (and other companies) are so powerless in China. They comply to every draconian request from the government. And the consumers there are slowly being left with neutered hardware. Eventually the Chinese government will just ask for the source code. I wonder how far this goes. Will China stop companies from manufacturing there if companies start to pull their products from the market?

Few years ago Chinese government had asked Apple for iOS source code and TIm Cook agreed for inspections. Old story.
[doublepost=1511426714][/doublepost]Win win for Chinese Android phone makers as apps can be side loaded.
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Apple doesn’t even put up a fight. This is resistance Apple, isn’t it?

No vpn? Fine
No skype? Fine

Makes you wonder how much of a fight they put up on the backend for users privacy here in the US, something Tim Cook loves to boast about as a brand differentiator

I think it’s time for a new person to run Apple

Tim is the swamp

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